This is the second in a series of posts titled ‘Judgments without tears’ where we try to make complex judgments accessible and fun. A guest post by my dear friend and super talented Vishal Vyas. […]
Category: Family Law
Judgments without Tears | Part 1 | ‘Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma’ | Supreme Court on Daughter’s Coparcenary Rights.
This is the first in a series of posts titled ‘Judgments without tears’ where we try to make complex judgments accessible and fun. Let me try unpacking Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma delivered on 11.08.2020. […]
Phone-tapping and Recording of a Phone conversation: Is it legal and admissible?
First published on LiveLaw at : https://www.livelaw.in/phone-tapping-and-recording-of-a-phone-conversation-by-a-private-party-issues-relating-to-legality-and-admissibility/ “Who are you? Why do you hide in the darkness and listen to my private thoughts?” William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Is Privacy history? The sheer number of […]
Law on Foreign Divorce Judgments, Child-Custody Orders & Anti Suit Injunctions
Introduction “H (an NRI) is divorced in Texas, and to marry – he is free; No, he has a wife in India, Indian Law says, doesn’t he ?, H is, therefore married and not so, […]
Recognition of Foreign Divorces in India ? Is your foreign divorce decree valid in India ?
This article attempts to bring some clarity on the law relating to recognition of foreign divorce decrees in India, in what circumstances they are valid, and when not ? I’ve also tried throwing light on […]
ISLAMIC LAW – AND TRIPLE TALAQ – OVER THE YEARS – NEED FOR CHANGE !
The Hanafi Sunni principle of Triple Talaq –Unilateral Talaq by Husband (known as talaq-ul-bain/biddat) has been criticized a lot for the inherent gender injustice. It gives the arbitrary power to the husband to give talaqto wife without any […]
Divorce in India. All you need to know about contested and mutual divorce.
Divorce in India This article explains all you need to know about getting a divorce in India. Marriage as opposed to relations of blood, is one which we enter into by our own choice and […]
Supreme Court convicting man for wife’s murder – circumstantial evidence.
In this interesting case – the Court convicted the man for murdering his wife, on the basis of following evidence – the chain of circumstantial evidence :- i) Motive (Suspected infidelity on part of wife […]
Supreme Court on Customary Divorce….
Comment : In this case the court was faced with facts wherein the deceased husband’s relatives sought to oust the widow from claiming partition – by relying on the specious plea that the widow stood divorced […]
Wife claiming maintenance after Mutual Consent Divorce.
In Geeta Satish Gokarna vs Satish Shankarrao Gokarna on 29 March, 2004 in this case the wife agreed, at the time of divorce by mutual consent not to seek maintenance, having receieved an amount as full and […]